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| Visuals were very nice, the fight scene was really cool, although the story was quite confusing and we were thrown right into it without much explanation as to what is even happening. I am still confused and the anime's description does not provide any clues either. I am also not a fan of the main cast so far. Male MC is pretty generic and can't do anything without the help of the two love interests. Kisara is just the obligatory High School girl that no anime can seem to do without (seriously, why can't we just have a young adult cast for this one?) and that of course is absolutely overpowered and can only unlock her true power through a kiss (though I''ve got to say, that scene was particularly well animated). She is just plain annoying in my opinion; the only thing she has got going for her are her looks. The only one I've kind of taken a liking to thus far is Ayano, but only because she's more mature and seems a little less annoying towards the MC I guess (judging from the scene at the restaurant). Her relationship with KIsara though ticks me off. The fighting over MC between Ayano and Kisara was nothing short of petty and unnecessary but I guess I shouldn't complain, since the whole love triangle thing is the main focus of the show, so this was to be expected. I'll check out the next two episodes before judging the anime; hopefully it gets better. So far Lycoris Recoil is definitely the better of the two A-1 originals this season for me. Happy watching to everyone else! Hope you're enjoying this one :) |
| They forgot to make a single likable character. |
| First episode is pretty good, great animation and artstyle, to top it all of it is an anime original. A1 is on a roll |
| That was a gorgeous first episode. The most sakuga-heavy first episode we'll get this season? The infighting which doubles as killing the demon dogs was golden. And the kiss didn't disappoint either. I hope the show will get more plot-heavy later on. But as a first episode, it sis its jb perfectly and I'm ready for the second one. |
| I have no clue wtf is going on but damn those are some top tier waifus Hnnngh |
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| well that was something from the first episode, the kiss scene kinda intense haha, excited for the next episode !!! |
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| Damn her tongue game is on point lmfao |
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| Well, this one was quite unremarkable. The story is a mess, the girls seem pretty generic, the mc at least makes people mad which is funny but otherwise he's nothing interesting either. The only good moment was the "fight" between the girls. Gonna give it a few more episodes, but so far I'm not convinced. |
| What a great first episode. Animation was very well done, love the fight scenes. Also. That kiss scene was unnecessarily detailed, wow. I get real Yandere vibes from Kisara and Ayano, so that should be interesting to see where that goes. I hope they explain the classes in more detail, right now they feel kinda vague and could definitely use more explanation so when they state A Class Demon we know what the actual stakes are and the powers, etc. Overall great first episode and I look very much forward to watching the rest of the season! |
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| pretty high production anime all things considered.. Was not expecting a well executed action scene in harem rom com anime.. but oh well Looks like the anime would have actual world building so that seems nice.. and the girls are cute and have some form of personality.. I'm somewhat hyped for the upcoming episodes.. No OP/ED tho.. but isn't that always a good sign imo |
| WTF lmao im so confused i thought it would be a seasonal romcom, and the guns on the cover are a metaphor similar to love is war. did not expect this, hope to see more |
| figured what the ritual would be from the title of the show but the way Kisara was eating him up was hilarious, no wonder he told her to be gentle, she must have been so pent up. It was amusing to watch Kisara and Ayano fight each other whilst covering for each other, that was smooth and I am curious as to see what Shuu is really like if they're both so into him since what we see in this episode just leaves me wondering what it is about him that has them interested. Date a Live: kiss = seal spirit power Engage Kiss: kiss = UNLIMITED POWAAAAA |
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| What... the heck... did I just watch? Okay, to be clear - the animation was STELLAR! The music was fantastic - basically the whole production value of this episode was through the roof. But, um... the plot and script were just... how to put it... well, I don't feel like I actually know the first thing about our main characters. I think I got a handle on how our main characters feel about each other, but like, I don't understand Shu's value system, I don't have a clue what Ayano's deal is, and the only thing I really got off of Kisana was 'is moody'. As far as pilots go, I don't think I've ever come out of a first episode so confused as I am now. I don't exactly want to call it "bad", but hoo boy do I just feel lost after all of that. |
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| that was kinda wack. lmao. maybe its just not my thing relationship between shu and well both girls are weird but especially ew with the hs girl, plot is generic, animations pretty cool but the artstyle is turning me off, that scene where the girls started fighting eachother for "loser mc" is soooo 💀 i just laughed honestly. i can see this getting better but i dont think ill be on that journey. dropping this now, hope you all will enjoy it more than i did |
| A yandre main girl is all I need to get hooked. She is also cute af. Oh, and there was some action and cat fight - I liked those too I guess. The guy is rather boring, but still better than usual self inserts. Seriously though, I really dig Kisara's design, voice and personality. I'll see how it goes, but she has all the traits to become one of my favourite waifus. I just hope they don't pull some bs with "fixing" her "flawed" personality, like they often do with yanderes and stalkers. |
| The animation and action is good, but the pacing feels very rushed like they're trying to cram too much into one episode with little explanation, I'll give it a couple more episodes. |
| That was cool and good looking, but I would've liked a bit more exposition and world building. So far I like Kisara a lot, but I hope she will not be fighting every episode with Ayano for Shu's ass. As a protag, I find Shu pretty generic and even a bit annoying and useless, but he seems to have a backstory with his dad so maybe it's interesting. I was surprised to see him smoke tho, I don't remember the last time I saw a generic looking protag like him doing that. |
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| a necessary sacrifice to make lyrocris looks better |
Cross  AngeHey guys check my profile for current airing season anime recommendation (guaranteed best taste) |
| okay so the action scenes were quite fluid, really liked it. also the kiss scene, i mean it was quite something. pink haired girl is op ,though she gets power by kissing the mc¿ the world building is techy and it has demons. mc seems useless for now. lets see if this changes. |
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| Really good first episode! A tropey but fun set of main characters, an interesting enough setting and really clean animation reminiscent of takt op. I look forward to more! |
| It felt like two different kinds of shows in one when it came to it's presentation at the start haha. Went from what I was thinking it was, and then jumped to something else, and that something else was defo worth the watch. Be interesting to see where they take it next. |
| Oh dear, this is quite mediocre horny harem bait anime. Not even 5 mins in and two girls already have feelings for this broke ass smoker MC, the anime really wants to show to these male weebs audiences that this has harem eh? I'm sure more information will be explained later but still, too rushed and need proper worldbuilding first, hopefully this would be better, 1st episode is not that impressing. |
RinrinkaJul 6, 2022 9:02 PM
 (っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥ |
| woa... as an original anime, this looks so promising |
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| gotta love those action scenes haha, the soundtracks are great too :D |
Fantastic animation from A1 pictures. Great first episode firing at full cylinders. The male lead seems meh, but I hope he improves; if he does not, it's alright because the animation and female leads will carry the anime.  |
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| Will only keep watching for A-1 and the nice production and outstanding action xD |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Well, I guess I'm just not the target for this kind of anime... I guess Lycoris Recoil is the same crap, will try an episode still but without much hope. |
| I need beer for the next episode. This show stresses me out. His relatable financial situation more than anything. |
| Pleasantly suprised because I wasn't going to watch this. that hot kissing scene was on point. Don't see that often. I'm a bit of a freak so, ahem. Good stuff. |
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| Well due to YT recommendations that keeps coming and coming with no end in sight and its pissing me off, I decided to finally watch it and umm yeah....okay show. |
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| The episode 1 is a banger We got cool action waifu fighting monsters and amazing kiss that reflect the title. The animation is top notch and yandere effect is pictured rejavascript:void(0);ally. Well done engage kiss. |
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| That guy really looks like Naofumi xD well for the concept itself it's pretty classic regarding the monsters and all but the animation did deliver during the fight scenes so that's a plus and despite being classic as well the love triangle is pretty fun so far and I'm already taking a liking towards the pink haired one, so let's see how it will develop in the future episodes. |
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